The httpreq npm package is a module that provides a simple interface for making HTTP requests in Node.js. It is designed to make HTTP calls straightforward by handling the complexities of Node's native http module.
GET requests
This feature allows you to perform HTTP GET requests to retrieve data from a specified URL.
httpreq.get('http://example.com', function (err, res){
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(res.body);
});POST requests
This feature enables you to send HTTP POST requests with parameters to a specified URL, which can be used for submitting form data or interacting with REST APIs.
httpreq.post('http://example.com', {
parameters: {
key1: 'value1',
key2: 'value2'
}
}, function (err, res){
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(res.body);
});Custom headers
This feature allows you to set custom headers for your HTTP requests, which can be necessary for APIs that require specific headers for authentication or content negotiation.
httpreq.get('http://example.com', {
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'My Custom User Agent'
}
}, function (err, res){
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(res.headers);
});File uploads
This feature is used to upload files to a server. It supports multipart form data, which is commonly used for file uploads in web forms.
httpreq.post('http://example.com/upload', {
files: {
file1: '/path/to/file1.txt',
file2: '/path/to/file2.jpg'
}
}, function (err, res){
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(res.body);
});Axios is a popular HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. It provides a promise-based API and has a wide range of features including interceptors, automatic transforms for JSON data, and client-side protection against XSRF. It is often considered more feature-rich and modern compared to httpreq.
Request is a simplified HTTP request client that was very popular in the Node.js community but has been deprecated. It offered a simple interface for making all types of HTTP requests and supported features like OAuth signing, form uploads, and cookies. Despite its deprecation, it is still used for comparison due to its historical significance.
Node-fetch is a light-weight module that brings the Fetch API to Node.js. It is a window.fetch polyfill that aims to stay consistent with the browser's implementation of fetch. It is promise-based and is a good choice for users who prefer the Fetch API's approach to making HTTP requests.
Got is a human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js. It provides a lot of features out of the box like retries, streams, and pagination, and has a more modern API using promises and async/await. It is considered a good alternative to httpreq with more advanced capabilities.
node-httpreq is a node.js library to do HTTP(S) requests the easy way
Do GET, POST, upload files, use cookies, change headers, ...
You can install httpreq using the Node Package Manager (npm):
npm install httpreq
Arguments
Example without options
var httpreq = require('httpreq');
httpreq.get('http://www.google.com', function (err, res){
if (err){
console.log(err);
}else{
console.log(res.headers);
console.log(res.body);
}
});
Example with options
var httpreq = require('httpreq');
httpreq.get('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
parameters: {
name: 'John',
lastname: 'Doe'
},
headers:{
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0'
},
cookies: [
'token=DGcGUmplWQSjfqEvmu%2BZA%2Fc',
'id=2'
]
}, function (err, res){
if (err){
console.log(err);
}else{
console.log(res.body);
}
});
Arguments
Example without extra options
var httpreq = require('httpreq');
httpreq.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
parameters: {
name: 'John',
lastname: 'Doe'
}
}, function (err, res){
if (err){
console.log(err);
}else{
console.log(res.body);
}
});
Example with options
var httpreq = require('httpreq');
httpreq.post('http://posttestserver.com/post.php', {
parameters: {
name: 'John',
lastname: 'Doe'
},
headers:{
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0'
},
cookies: [
'token=DGcGUmplWQSjfqEvmu%2BZA%2Fc',
'id=2'
]
}, function (err, res){
if (err){
console.log(err);
}else{
console.log(res.body);
}
});
Arguments
var httpreq = require('httpreq');
httpreq.uploadFile({
url: "http://rekognition.com/demo/do_upload/",
options:{
name_space : 'something',
},
files:{
fileToUpload: __dirname + "/exampleupload.jpg"
}},
function (err, res){
if (err){
console.log(err);
}else{
console.log(res.body);
}
});
This is used by httpreq.get() and httpreq.post()
Arguments
Example
var httpreq = require('httpreq');
httpreq.doRequest({
url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/19292868552',
method: 'GET',
parameters: {
name: 'test'
}
},
function (err, res){
if (err){
console.log(err);
}else{
console.log(JSON.parse(res.body));
}
});
FAQs
node-httpreq is a node.js library to do HTTP(S) requests the easy way
The npm package httpreq receives a total of 1,194,598 weekly downloads. As such, httpreq popularity was classified as popular.
We found that httpreq demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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